I started a job last November. Within the first hour they said here is your Linux Academy account, go learn some stuff. Which I have. Heck last year I paid out

I started a job last November. Within the first hour they said here is your Linux Academy account, go learn some stuff. Which I have. Heck last year I paid out of my own pocket to take the two introduction to VMware classes, despite working with VMware 2006. Why did I take the classes. VMware has come out with a lot of new features in the past 5 years and I have not been able to use them all professionally. Also in taking the class I found that some the limitations that existed in earlier versions of the software no longer existed. I had no idea that I was no longer following best practices. Plus there was the stuff that I had flat out forgotten along the way. It was well worth the $400 that I spent. As long as they are asking you to do this during working hours and they are paying for it, I don't see why you are so upset. You say you are at minimum competent with the skill, maybe they are wanting to make you into an expert in the skill and part of that is getting you the extra training.